Reuters: U.S. efforts to force Iran to change its behavior have expanded beyond the White House to Main Street and threaten the broadest financial disinvestment campaign since South African apartheid ended.
Activists pushing disinvestment in Iran
Man hanged in prison in north-west Iran
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Apr. 23 Authorities hanged a man in a prison in the town of Ahar, north-western Iran, on Monday, the official news agency IRNA reported.
Man hanged in prison in north-west Iran
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Apr. 23 Authorities hanged a man in a prison in the town of Ahar, north-western Iran, on Monday, the official news agency IRNA reported.
Iranian protesters say dam threatens ancient site
Reuters: About 100 Iranians protested in Tehran against a new dam on Saturday, saying it threatened to damage archaeological sites in the south of the country dating to the first Persian empire almost 2,600 years ago.
Woman, two men flogged in Iran
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Apr. 23 Two men and a woman were flogged by authorities in the town of Ashkaneh, north-eastern Iran, state media reported on Monday.
Woman, two men flogged in Iran
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Apr. 23 Two men and a woman were flogged by authorities in the town of Ashkaneh, north-eastern Iran, state media reported on Monday.
Iranian police start summer crackdown on women’s dress
Reuters: Iranian police have launched a crackdown on women’s dress before the summer season when soaring temperatures typically tempt many to flout the strict Islamic dress code, witnesses and Iranian state media said on Sunday.
Iran is not holding missing ex-FBI agent: minister
Reuters: Iran is not holding a former FBI agent, who went missing on a visit to the Gulf island of Kish in Iran, but is investigating the case, the country’s intelligence minister was quoted as saying on Sunday.
Russia, Iran sign nuclear plant protocol
AP: Tehran agreed Sunday to a financing plan for the remaining construction of a nuclear power plant near Iran’s southern port of Bushehr, the state-run Russian company leading the project said.
Italy’s Prodi calls for dialogue with Iran
Reuters: Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi said on Sunday military action against Iran would be unacceptable and called on Saudi Arabia to continue a diplomatic drive to ease tension between Tehran and the West.
